Flood Damage Repair Work Blamed For Massive Fish Kill On Big Thompson River

By Lauren DiSpirito
LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – In another setback for the Big Thompson Canyon, flood damage repair work last month caused a fish kill, decreasing a portion of the river’s wild trout population by more than half.
On March 7, chemicals from concrete work along Larimer County Road 43 near Glen Haven seeped into the water, sending a plume downstream, sharply increasing the river’s pH level, and sickening and killing more than 5,600 fish, according to Colorado Parks an